Teaching jobs for 1,000 Sabahans
Published on: Wednesday, October 07, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: State Education Director Datuk Jame Alip said at least 1,000 vacancies will be available for local graduates keen on becoming teachers next year.This was because more than 2,284 teachers from the peninsula presently based in Sabah have applied for transfer back to their home states as of Oct. 1.Of that number, more than 1,000 would be leaving the State by next year, leaving a vacuum that could be filled by the jobless local graduates.
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"In comparison, only 394 Sabah teachers who are based in the peninsula have applied to return to Sabah," he said, after launching the State-level '90:10 Data Collection Initiative' at Wisma Pendidikan, Likas, Tuesday.At present 80.2 per cent of primary school teachers and 72.1 per cent of secondary school teachers in the State are Sabahans. In order to achieve the target of 90 per cent Sabahan teachers within the next three years as announced by the Prime Minister recently, the State would require at least an additional 5,200 local teachers. On the event, Jame said the department was organising the State-level "90:10 Data Collection Initiative" to collect data on unemployed graduates in the State (who have not yet received any offers from the Human Resource Management Division of the Education Ministry) adding that such graduates would be offered jobs in the teaching profession if they are interested.
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Jame said the initiative was in line with the move to ensure that within the next three years, 90 per cent of the teachers in Sabah would be Sabahans.He said after today the data collection initiative would be continued at the district level where all district education offices would be operational from Wednesday until Friday (Oct 7-9) so that graduates who were not able to submit their documents can do so at the nearest district education office.
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Graduates who have education qualifications stand a better chance of being selected while selected candidates without such background would likely have to undergo a one-year education course to prepare them as teachers.On the shortage of Islamic Education teachers in the State, Jame said the situation was at a critical level as although there were 11 religious schools in the State, not all the students end up becoming an ustaz or ustazah.He added that Sabah was also experiencing a shortage of science teachers and school counsellors. The State needed more than 200 science teachers and also counsellors.Meanwhile, several hopeful local graduates from the hundreds of applicants present expressed hopes of eventually being selected as teachers . Friends Firda Nabila, 24, from Tawau, Noralenah Masniah Bt Sallleh, 22, from Kota Marudu and Nurfarain Bt Hartono, 22, from Kota Kinabalu who all held Diplomas in Early Childhood Education from Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (Unitar) said they were hopeful they would eventually be among those selected to become teachers under the initiative .Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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